Following in the sizeable wake left by Fantagraphics' Complete Peanuts, this big block of a book is now nestled in a nook on our shelves.  This 624-page, B&W, 5 1/2” x 6 1/4” hardcover volume also published by the fine folks at Fantagraphics Books collects the entirety of the first two calendar years of Dennis the Menace strips -- 1951 & 1952 -- 588 in all.  Each is printed full-size (and then some) one to a page, on a  nice off-white paper stock.  Here's what one fan has to say:  "Dennis has all the qualities of a great comic strip character:  innocence, curiosity, and an anarchic free spirit....  (H)is adventures were recorded in the most beautiful pen and brush line in the history of comics -- a line that danced gracefully on the page.  A medley of techniques (cross-hatching, heavy brush, silhouettes) merged seamlessly.  Each meticulously designed panel was a masterpiece of composition."  -- Patrick McDonnell, creator and author of Mutts™.

Here's a big LOT of eleven different issues of the magazine devoted to cartoonists and comic strips,

 

 

The issues in this lot are: 80 81 82 84 86 87 88 89 91 92 93  

You can see individual photos of the covers of each issue on our eBay listing for this item, HERE.  (Note that we are selling it for 1/3 less here on or own site; so, DEAL!)

 

 

As you can tell once you take a look at the photos accompanying our eBay listing, almost all of the issues have a brief note or notes written on the cover indicating choice articles along with page number.  We can tell you that we paged through the interior pages and that they are clean, bright and as new with no writing or marks of any sort.